Corridors

The freight network of the United States includes 985,000 miles of Federal-aid highways, 141,000 miles of railroads, 11,000 miles of inland waterways, and 1.6 million miles of pipelines connecting ports, airports, cities, manufacturing centers, farms, mines, and other economic activity. Approximately 200,000 miles of highways are designated for conventional combination vehicles, of which 26,000 miles are major freight corridors. This network is described in the Freight Story 2008.

While freight moves throughout the country, substantial portions of international and interstate commerce are concentrated in major corridors. The reliability of freight movement in these corridors is essential to the nation's economy.

Moving the Nation's Goods - FHWA Public Roads Article May/June 2012
Description of Major Freight Corridors
National Corridor Infrastructure Improvement Program - Provides funding for highway projects in corridors of national significance to promote economic growth and international or interregional trade.
FHWA National Corridor Planning & Development Program/Coordinated Border Infrastructure Program (CORBOR Program) - Provides funding for planning, project development, construction and operation of projects that serve border regions near Mexico and Canada and high priority corridors throughout the United States.
National Round Table: Institutions for Improving Freight Movement in Multi-State Corridors [HTML, PDF 779KB]
Multi-State Institutions for Implementing Improved Freight Movement in the U.S. [HTML, PDF 3.2MB]

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Tiffany Julien
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